Save And Load Image Files To And From Removable Media - Symantec NORTON GHOST PERSONAL EDITION User Manual

Norton Ghost usage, both the source and destination must be free from file
corruption and physical hard disk drive problems prior to cloning.
Note: When cloning an entire hard disk drive, the existing partition
configuration is overwritten and need not be set in advance.
Internal transfer operations are one of the fastest methods of cloning, and
offer a simple quick hard disk drive backup or migration tool. By using a
second hard disk drive as a backup, it can be used to replace the original
in the event of its failure or corruption, reducing the downtime of the
machine.
Norton Ghost's ability to resize the partitions and file systems it
understands while cloning disk-to-disk simplifies upgrading to a larger
hard disk drive. Install the new hard disk drive hardware as required, then
run Norton Ghost from a boot disk to migrate the contents of the old drive
to the larger drive. This leaves the original disk untouched and available
until the new system configuration is completed.
Caution: Make sure you correctly identify and select the source and
destination disks as the operation cannot be undone.
Save and load image files to and from removable media
It is possible to burn image files onto a CD or to save an image file to a ZIP
drive, JAZ drive, Superdisk, or other removable media.
For ZIP, JAZ, Superdisk, and removable media, Norton Ghost writes and
reads directly to and from the device, providing that the device is working
and has a DOS drive letter.
When creating the image of the model for storage on a CD, we recommend
bringing the image down onto the PC that has the writing software, and
then creating the CD. Norton Ghost can be included on the created CD.
To create a CD image file for later restoration:
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Save the model hard disk to an image file using Norton Ghost and
the split command-line option.
Run the CD writing software and save the image onto the CD.
How Norton Ghost works
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